texascavers Digest 1 Aug 2009 09:33:07 - Issue 816
Topics (messages 11570 through 11582):
ICS Big Texas Inn broshure
11570 by: Bill Bentley
11572 by: Bill Bentley
Re: ICS Amazing Backpack Stories
11571 by: Fritz Holt
11582 by: Don Cooper
Weighting down
Steve'smargin of error was actually .02 inches. Way less than 2 cm. He
brought his own equipment from Nevada, and spenta lot of time on it. It is
greatly appreciated. I'll be doing awrite up on the results. It's not often we
get a chance to compare severalsurvey team's (seven to be exact)
For any of you out there with BlackBerries...I saw a post recently that said
it was sent from a BlackBerry. My posts get kicked back because my BB
receives through jlrbi...@sonoratx.net but sends from
jlrbi...@srs.bis.na.blackberry.com. I have read for seems like hours trying
to find a fix to
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From: Cheryl Jones cheryl.ca...@verizon.net
List-Post: texascavers@texascavers.com
Date: Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 6:54 PM
Subject: Speaking of batteries
To: siv...@listserv.vt.edu
New virus-built
I remember that, way to go Edwin.
Bill can you feel the love?
From: Frank Binney fr...@frankbinney.com
To: Diana Tomchick diana.tomch...@utsouthwestern.edu; Texas Cavers
Texascavers@texascavers.com
Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 3:31:25 PM
Subject: Re:
I luv it!
From: Andy Gluesenkamp andrew_gluesenk...@yahoo.com
To: texas cavers texascavers@texascavers.com
Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 11:22:31 AM
Subject: [Texascavers] Bill Steele: hero or human tugboat?
This may not count as rocking per se:
I was on a
Good one, Bill!
I hope you have a happy birthday!!!
-wAv
On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 9:37 PM, Bill Bentley ca...@caver.net wrote:
Next month I will be 50 years old. About 5 years ago I had the
opportunity to finally get to ride a horse. This would become a near death
experience that has
Hi Bill,
I just turned 68 in May and trust me, I won't go near one of those things. A
cat that threatens to tear off your face when you pick her up is dangerous
enough for me.
Louise
From: ca...@caver.net
To: o...@texascavers.com
List-Post: texascavers@texascavers.com
Date: Fri, 31
The August 2009 issue Volume 24 # 8 of the Permian Basin Speleological
Society's The Hole News is now on the web in Adobe PDF format.
It can be found at the URL listed below:
http://www.caver.net/pbss/holenews/pbss8-09.pdf
And as always more exciting years of back issues can be found
The July-August edition of the Southwestern Cavers went in the mail
this morning (Aug 1, 2009). Look for yours Monday or Tuesday.
The back cover has instructions to the Labor Day Regional : the hunt
for the mysterious location of Pinon Cave. If nothing else, we'll
have a good time !
Now that all my ICS guests have left and life can get back to normal,
I've had time to reflect about the monumental task the caver community
has pulled off in staging the ICS. From the visitor's point of view,
things went rather smoothly and the event was well organized. Talking to
the main
Ernie's right; most of the ICS attendees were not aware of the backstage
dramas that occurred at the ICS. The organizers and volunteers can
rightfully be proud of that.
It would be interesting if a book were written about the real story of the
ICS: the years of dedication and effort,
I believe it! You can TRUST the Man O' Steele at his word!
(Oh, and where did you want me to ship those lead bars to, Bill?)
-WaV
On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 6:43 AM, speleoste...@tx.rr.com wrote:
Ok, all y'all can relax now. I've quit rocking packs. The pinnacle of my
rockin' career was Frank
Bill, I found a rock with your name on it! I still owe you a rock or three.
From: Don Cooper wavyca...@gmail.com
To: speleoste...@tx.rr.com
Cc: Charles Goldsmith wo...@justfamily.org; texascavers@texascavers.com;
jpbrook...@sbcglobal.net; mark gee
It looks like at least 100 Texas cavers are on Facebook, and
conversation is more active
there between cavers than on CaveTex.
I have only been there a month, so I don't know when Facebook became so popular
among Texas cavers.
But it seems that ICS generated a reason for cavers to connect with
I was still mailing
post cards, or making land-line calls.
I prefer telegraphy to voice land lines...
- Original Message -
From: David dlocklea...@gmail.com
To: texascavers@texascavers.com
Sent: Saturday, August 01, 2009 9:40 AM
Subject: [Texascavers] Facebook related
It looks
I would be interested in knowing how many volunteers at ICS took time off of
their jobs with no vacation compensation
(they forsake income) to attend ICS?
Unemployment does not count.
-WaV
Um - bad syntax...
I meant (they had to forsake income) to attend...
On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 3:54 AM, Don Cooper wavyca...@gmail.com wrote:
I would be interested in knowing how many volunteers at ICS took time off
of their jobs with no vacation compensation
(they forsake income) to attend
I did not forsake pay, but as vacation time is more precious to me than money
(I'd take time off without pay if I could), I'd say donating 1/3 of my annual
vacation time to ICS was no small deal to me. Painful in fact...
-Denise
List-Post: texascavers@texascavers.com
Date: Sat, 1 Aug
The same for me Denise, but I took off 7 days out of my 10 that I get
a year (2 weeks = 10 working days) of vacation, so it was a big
sacrifice for me as well. It was a paid vacation, but I get so little
of it...
Very painful
On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 8:36 AM, Denise Ppepabe...@hotmail.com wrote:
Vacation is more precious than money
TRUE for many, I think.
It is hard to get enough vacation, even if you are willing to do w/o pay.
I am very fortunate to finally be self employed so that I make more of those
decisions.
Many places will not let one take time off without pay.
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